hisvan

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from English he-swan [1]).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hiˈsvan]

Noun

hisvan (nominative plural hisvans)

1. male swan, cob, he-swan

Declension

Declension of hisvan

	singular	plural
nominative	hisvan	hisvans
genitive	hisvana	hisvanas
dative	hisvane	hisvanes
accusative	hisvani	hisvanis
vocative 1	o hisvan!	o hisvans!
predicative 2	hisvanu	hisvanus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hypernyms

• böd
• nim
• svan

Hyponyms

• hisvanil (diminutive)
• musigasvan (“whooper swan”), Cygnus cygnus (synonyms: Cycnus musicus, Cygnus musicus (both obsolete))

Coordinate terms

• jisvan

See also

• dök
• gan
• pijun